Citadel Defense Company
San Diego, CA · Founded 2016 · CIK 0001690693 · Defense · Acquired
AI-enabled autonomous counter-drone system that detects and safely neutralizes unmanned aerial vehicles
dronecitadel.com →- Grants
- $952K
- 3 awards
- Sector median: 2
- Raised
- $14M
- 2 Form D · Aug 2017
- 110 months since last filing
- Contracts
- —
- No federal contracts on record
- Patents
- 1
- 0 granted · 1 pending
- Sector median: 0
Capital Timeline
Federal ↑Equity ↓201620172018201920202021
| Date | Event | Source | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private capital raised | Form D · SEC | $1,754,119 | |
| Private capital raised | Form D · SEC | $11,999,995 | |
| Federal grant | Department of Defense · Phase I · Pitch Day Investment in Battlefield Air Operations Family of Systems Technologies | $153,537 | |
| Federal grant | Department of Defense · Phase II · Direct to Phase II Open Topic: Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need | $748,921 | |
| Federal grant | Department of Defense · Phase I · Titan: Force Protection Solution to Defend Against Harmful and Unwanted Drones | $49,922 |
Federal grant · SBIR/STTRForm D · SEC
Peer position
| # | Company | Contracts | Disclosed equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1221 | Optical Physics Company | — | — |
| 1222 | Visual Semantics, Inc. | — | — |
| 1223 | HVMN Inc. | — | $7.9M |
| 1224 | Citadel Defense Company | — | $14M |
| 1225 | HI-Q-MILITARY ANTENNAS-AES LLC | — | — |
| 1226 | H3D INC | — | $2.8M |
| 1227 | Capco Inc. | — | — |
Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.
Founders & Team
- Gordon FellerDirector
- Daniel MagyDirector · Executive Officer · Promoter
- Joseph MakolExecutive Officer
- John VrionisDirector
- James WaringDirector · Executive Officer
Patents
- Radio Frequency Device Detection And Interventionapplication
Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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